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After spending several years touring the country as a stand up comedian, Ed Brayton tired of explaining his jokes to small groups of dazed illiterates and turned to writing as the most common outlet for the voices in his head. He has appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show and the Thom Hartmann Show, and is almost certain that he is the only person ever to make fun of Chuck Norris on C-SPAN.

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America’s Secret Anti-Terror Tool: Cindy Jacobs

Mike and Cindy Jacobs are no strangers to making outlandish and ridiculous claims about their incredible powers of prayer. Why just two weeks ago they were firing up their prayer machine and taking on Hurricane Sandy, rebuking the storm in the name of Jesus (that worked out well, didn’t it?). Now they want you to know that they’re protecting you from terrorism:

I have a magical amulet that protects me from tigers. Since getting it, I have not even SEEN a tiger in Seattle, not one. It’s working! The zoo has even closed (temporarily) its tiger exhibit. Praise amulet!

When President Obama was first inaugurated, Fox News was firing up the troops on a particular topic we don’t hear much about anymore. They seemed to be praying for any act of terror, no matter how trivial or massive, all in hopes of pinning it on the black Muslim Manchurian al Qaeda usurper whose regime had taken hostage to the White House. I’m sure they’ve moved onto other reasons to promote hatred and fear of President Obama, but let’s not forget how long and shrill they ran with that one. Or the fact they repeatedly promoted the fact good daddy George W. kept us safe during his entire tenure, which had them denying even the attack on 9/11.